My daughter has to make a speech that involves muskets, so I thought I'd make her a quick prop to accompany her talk. I picked up this toy pirate gun at a dollar store:
Technically, it's got a percussion cap instead of flint-lock... but too bad for $2.
Next, I grabbed a 2x4 and an old metal rod from a broken broom (I never throw anything away):
I roughly shaped the 2x4 into a stock using circular saw and cheap jigsaw (I really need to get some better tools):
After that, I smoothed it all down with a mouse sander. I dremelled all the parts I wanted to keep from the toy gun:
I spray painted them gold and silver, then added brown and black distressing respectively.
For the brass rings on the forestock, I used metalized spray paint lids:
You can also see where I routed a channel for the barrel to sit into the stock. After that... I stained the stock to a rich brown and oiled it. The smaller lid was the perfect size to just slide onto the front of the forestock, I just used a heat gun to soften it first for a really nice fit. The other two caps, I cut and wrapped around, then secured with a screw at the base of the stock. The plastic parts were all attached with some old brass screws I found sitting around. I went over the barrel with some black acyrlic paint (sponged on) and some brown to give it a rusty look...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
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Here is the finished product:
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Technically, it's got a percussion cap instead of flint-lock... but too bad for $2.
Next, I grabbed a 2x4 and an old metal rod from a broken broom (I never throw anything away):
I roughly shaped the 2x4 into a stock using circular saw and cheap jigsaw (I really need to get some better tools):
After that, I smoothed it all down with a mouse sander. I dremelled all the parts I wanted to keep from the toy gun:
I spray painted them gold and silver, then added brown and black distressing respectively.
For the brass rings on the forestock, I used metalized spray paint lids:
You can also see where I routed a channel for the barrel to sit into the stock. After that... I stained the stock to a rich brown and oiled it. The smaller lid was the perfect size to just slide onto the front of the forestock, I just used a heat gun to soften it first for a really nice fit. The other two caps, I cut and wrapped around, then secured with a screw at the base of the stock. The plastic parts were all attached with some old brass screws I found sitting around. I went over the barrel with some black acyrlic paint (sponged on) and some brown to give it a rusty look...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
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Here is the finished product:
Kind regards,
Magnoli
